BREAKING NEWS!1 february 2018
i will spare you the details, but after a
year of hopelessly suffering my quickly degenerating web host i have
decided to discontinue our collaboration - and spread the word: freewebs
sucks!

which means that with immediate effectcaptain beefheart electricitywill be flashing on at the new addressbeefheart.xyz
see you there, you're welcome...

three months in the mirrorburning hip- let's go to the kennel honeyand get one of those cute little moth pupsthey flap their little wingsand fly around a light globeand you can keep them in the closetand feed them socks -six months in the mirrorburning hip- honey let's go out naked tonightwith our moth puppydon't forget the socks and the light bulbsmake sure it's not too warmyou don't want to burn his little wings
-the lights are soft, streets soft, skies
soft,the mirrors softthe smell of burnt powderthe moth flies through the mirrorpowder falls lightly around around aroundand around the sun

don van vliet 1987

note:the text of this poem later would be transformed
intosongby don
flemingonusa 2003 ceedee
various
artists * NEON MEATE DREAM OF A OCTAFISH
a tribute to captain beefheart & his magic band animal
world recordings awr 020

the usa based participants in the
tribute project mainly played cover versions. one of the three beefheart
related exceptions is the addition of music to an existing van vliet text.
but the transformer seems to have forgotten to check out the two examples
of 'poems with sound' which have been released: 'golden birdies (from 'clear
spot')' and 'sam with the showing scalp flat top ('bongo fury' collaboration
with frank zappa and the mothers)'. instead, he decided to follow his own
ideas and put together a tune which merely is monotonous electronic noises
backing an uninspired recitation. or better: drowning it.

so, not quite a successful try.

*

note:
this is one of seven poems
that originally were published in thebook by DON VAN VLIET
SKELETON
BREATH, SCORPION BLUSH